By Ben Dower In 1992, writer Kenichiro Teresawa (K?suke Toyohara) is working on a book called?The Birth of Godzilla, which details his theory that a dinosaur on Lagos Island that saved a Japanese unit during WWII was irradiated by H-bomb tests and turned into Godzilla. A time machine from the 23rd century appears in Japan…
In 1984, some of Godzilla?s cells are discovered in the wreckage of Tokyo and stolen by terrorist SSS9 (Manjot Bedi) from the Middle Eastern nation of Saradia.??With the help of Dr. Genichiro Shiragami (K?ji Takahashi), the Saradian government tries to develop desert-hardy crops, but Dr. Shiragami?s lab is destroyed in a terrorist attack, killing his…
By Ben Dower Reporter Goro Maki (Ken Tanaka) stumbles across a missing fishing vessel, the Yahata-Maru, adrift at sea.??The lone survivor is Hiroshi Okamura (Shin Takuma), who claims he saw Godzilla.??The government orders the news of Godzilla and Hiroshi?s rescue to be kept a secret to avoid public panic.?? Knowing the news will likely have…
With the success of The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), it seemed pretty obvious that film would not be the last in the franchise. In June 1998, a third Jurassic Park film was confirmed by Universal Pictures, with a release targeted for the summer of 2000. Unfortunately, the same big problem that faced the writers for the previous film remained: what…
A submarine searching for the remains of Mechagodzilla is attacked and destroyed by a dinosaur.??Marine biologist Akira Ichinose (Katsuhiko Sasaki) and INTERPOL agent Jiro Murakoshi (Katsumasa Uchida) go to the house of the reclusive Dr. Shinzo Mafune (Akihiko Hirata), a scientist who once claimed to have discovered a dinosaur in the sea many years ago…
Nami Kunigami (Barbara Lynn), an Azumi priestess in Okinawa, has a vision that a giant monster will come and bring destruction.??Shortly after that, Masahiko Shimizu (Kazuya Aoyama) finds some mysterious metal while exploring a cave. Archaeologist Saeko Kanagusuku (Reiko Tajima) meets Keisuke Shimizu (Masaaki Daimon), Masahiko?s brother, at another cave where ancient artifacts have been…
Nuclear testing close to the Aleutians has had a major geological impact on the Pacific region, including on Monster Island.??Also feeling the effects of nuclear testing is the undersea kingdom of Seatopia, which decides to release their god, a giant insect monster Megalon, to punish the surface dwellers for the destruction caused to them. Inventor…
Manga artist Gengo Kotaka (Hiroshi Ishikawa) is having trouble getting work, so his girlfriend Tomoko Tomoe (Yuriko Hishimi) suggests that he apply at World Children?s Land, a theme park that is under construction.??World Children?s Land is to be monster-themed, and the company wants to use Gengo?s monster ideas. Gengo gets the job but, while walking…
A fisherman (Yoshio Yoshida) brings an unusual tadpole-like fish he caught in Suruga Bay to Dr. Toru Yano (Akira Yamanouchi).??While Dr. Yano investigates this tadpole, a giant tadpole monster is seen attacking two boats that have collided in the bay.??Dr. Yano goes diving in Suruga Bay to try to find the monster, leaving his son…
Ichiro Miki (Tomonori Yazaki) is a young boy who is the victim of bullying by a kid named Sanko Gabara (Junichi Ito) and his gang. Ichiro?s parents work long hours, so he is often left alone after school, though his toy inventor neighbour Shinpei Inami (Hideyo Amamoto) checks in on him regularly and gives him dinner….
